Blue Star, Great Xia Country, outside Mobei Province.
A battlefield engulfed in smoke and fire, like a living hell.
The bodies of fierce beasts and Martial Artists lay scattered, an acrid smell of blood lingering in the air.
"Roar!"
Terrifying roars of fierce beasts echoed, one after another.
In the center of this brutally fought battlefield, three enormous Beast Saints stood proudly.
Their fierce beast eyes were fixed on the human Martial Saint Xu Yi, whose aura was extremely chaotic, and blood continuously seeped from the gaps in his damaged battle armor.
The three Beast Saints spoke with hoarse, grating voices, full of mockery.
"Stop struggling, human. No one can come to support you. This is where you'll be buried!"
Xu Yi, now at the end of his rope, heard this.
His unyielding yet despairing gaze swept around. The three Beast Saints surrounded him like three insurmountable mountains.
With all hope lost, he murmured to himself,
"Am I... going to fall here today?"
He had transmigrated to this high-martial world, dozens of times larger than Earth, nearly a century ago.
An orphan from birth, with a disastrous start.
But relying on his decent Martial Artist Talent, and gaining appreciation from a noble after joining the army,
He rose step by step from the lowest Martial Apprentice Level Martial Artist!
Until he became a Martial Saint Level expert!
He even became one of the three Generals of Mobei Province, a position of noble status and great power. His experience was legendary!
The reason he was forced into such a predicament now was entirely due to a long-planned conspiracy specifically targeting him!
Not long ago,
He received news that outside the border battlefield he was guarding,
Several fierce beasts, having reached the peak of Beast Venerable, were gathering a beast tide.
Xu Yi immediately took it seriously upon learning this!
He swiftly dispatched people to verify, and upon confirmation,
He immediately led an army of nearly 100,000 elite Martial Artists on an expedition.
He planned to ambush this beast tide and eliminate it in its infancy, to prevent it from impacting the defensive line he guarded and causing greater casualties!
But what he didn't expect was that there were traitors within who had sided with the fierce beasts, and the intelligence they provided him was false!
The scouts sent to investigate had also been bribed with heavy sums.
This led to him leading his army straight into an encirclement meticulously set up for him by the fierce beasts!
The number of beasts in the tide was several times that reported in the intelligence!
And the leaders were not just a few peak Beast Venerable fierce beasts.
Instead, they were three Beast Saints of the same level as him, or even surpassing his own level...
After several days of bloody battle,
His nearly 100,000 elite Martial Artist army, though fighting valiantly, could not escape annihilation against the endless beast tide.
Only he remained, still stubbornly resisting.
Xu Yi's current state was also at its worst; all the elixirs in his spatial ring were depleted.
The weapon he used had shattered due to the intense fighting!
His internal energy was almost exhausted, and he could no longer perform any martial techniques.
Just as the Beast Saint in front of him said,
With the interference of the traitors in the rear, he was isolated and alone; no one would come to rescue him.
"What a pity, to be harmed by a petty person..."
Xu Yi sighed in his heart.
In this situation, he was powerless to turn the tide.
Just as he closed his eyes and prepared to fall here,
A cold yet hopeful voice suddenly echoed in his mind!
["Congratulations, Host, for binding the Auxiliary Selection System."]
["The purpose of this system is to help the Host quickly become stronger through choices. 'Make a choice and immediately receive various rich rewards.'"]
"What? This voice is, is a system?!"
Xu Yi's body trembled, and he suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"I didn't mishear, did I?"
Realizing that this voice was incredibly real and definitely not a hallucination before his death,
A surge of excitement, like finding hope in despair, instantly welled up in Xu Yi's heart!
The system, delayed by nearly a century, had finally arrived at this crucial moment!
Immediately after,
The system's voice echoed in Xu Yi's mind again.
["Detecting Host in dire straits, successfully triggered a choice to save the Host from peril!"]
["Choice One: Surrender to the fierce beasts, begging them for a way out. Reward: SSS-grade Spiritual Mind Master Talent."]
["Choice Two: Slay or drive away the surrounding fierce beasts. Reward: Martial Emperor Level cultivation."]
["Please make a choice, Host."]
Xu Yi looked at the two options that suddenly popped up before him.
After quickly scanning them,
"Martial Emperor Level cultivation?!"
His eyes instantly filled with excitement!
His severely injured body also trembled slightly, not from fear, but from excessive excitement.
Then, he decisively made his choice internally.
"System, I choose Two!"
Following Xu Yi's choice,
The system's response quickly came from his mind.
["Congratulations, Host, for making your choice and obtaining Martial Emperor Level cultivation."]
In an instant!
A vast and pure energy began to surge madly into Xu Yi's body!
Not only did it not bring any discomfort to his severely injured body, but it also healed his wounds like warm sunlight!
His cultivation level, propelled by this energy,
Began to rapidly ascend from Martial Saint Early Stage!
Mid-stage, late-stage, peak... all the way to the Martial Emperor Realm, which countless Martial Artists dreamed of!
"Boom!!!"
A terrifying Martial Emperor Martial Artist's might, like a storm in the deep sea, erupted from Xu Yi's body and shot straight into the sky!
The originally clear sky above,
Also reacted to Xu Yi's breakthrough at this moment, erupting with roars of angry thunder.
Dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled!
"Crack!"
Terrifying purple lightning, as thick as ancient trees, continuously struck the ground!
The dense beast tide surrounding the area,
Under this mountain-like heavy pressure, collapsed in unison before they could even react!
Turning into cold corpses.
Or being struck by the purple lightning falling from the sky and incinerated into black ash!
"This... This is a breakthrough?!"
"It seems it's not just a minor breakthrough!"
The three Beast Saints surrounding Xu Yi.
Were all stunned as they sensed the Martial Emperor might suddenly erupting from Xu Yi's body, their massive bodies trembling violently!
They had originally thought that three against one,
Would guarantee Xu Yi's death, but they never expected such a bizarre situation to occur!
Such a rare event as a breakthrough in a desperate situation, occurring only once in a century,
They had actually encountered it!
"Damn it!"
"The situation has changed, retreat quickly!"
One of the Beast Saints, a winged avian beast,
Seeing the situation was dire, frantically transmitted the message to retreat to the other two Beast Saints!
This Xu Yi, who had suddenly broken through in battle,
Clearly possessed power that could crush them!
Just as they were about to retreat, a strong sense of danger suddenly struck!
In the sky,
Three black lightning bolts, containing destructive energy, roared down like three giant dragons!
Emitting a "rumbling" sound as they fell towards them!
"Boom!!!"
With another earth-shattering sound, half of the bodies of the three Beast Saints were incinerated into black ash and dissipated into the air.
They perished instantly!
"Hahahaha..."
Xu Yi, who had flashed into the sky, looked at the corpses of the three Beast Saints and laughed heartily.
The purple lightning in the surrounding sky continued to fall.
In less than a minute, all the fierce beasts within dozens of kilometers were completely slain!